Pedro Abramo

Pedro Abramo is professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Scientific Council, and he joins the CEMS - Centre d'Études sur les Mouvements Sociaux of the EHESS - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He has coordinated comparative research in Latin America and South Korea on urban informality, forms of production in popular territories, informal land markets and the dynamics of reproducing life in popular informal settlements. During his stay at CEMS, Pedro Abramo will pursue his current research on the new urban informality in Latin America, the monetization of popular space and the reconfiguration of collective life and the sense of public in favelas.

The project

Title: The new urban informality in Latin America and the reconfiguration of collective life and the sense of the public in favelas and shantytowns.

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Hosting institution: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - EHESS, Centre d´Études des Mouvements Sociaux - CEMS

Selective Bibliography

• Abramo, P. 2024. Un proyecto para las ciudades populares de América Latina: la densificación de los territorios urbanos de origen informal. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo – BID, Washington-DC, US.
• Abramo, P., Carrión, F., Corti, M., Ramirez Kury, P. (2023). Un Nuevo pacto social y urbano en América Latina. Conversación para un Proyecto de reforma radical de las ciudades. Café de las Ciudades, Argentina y Flacso – Ecuador.
• Carrión Mena, F.; Abramo, P., Corti, M., Ramirez Kuri, P. (2022). El futuro de las ciudades. Café de las Ciudades, Argentina y Flacso Ecuador y Argentina.
• Ramirez Kuri, P. Carrión Mena, F.; Abramo, P., Corti, M. (2022). Mujeres e Habitat en América Latina. Café de las Ciudades, Argentina y Flacso Ecuador y Argentina.
• Abramo, P. and Rodriguez, A. Kim, S. Park, S.  (2021). Reappraisal of urban informality policies in Latin America: lessons from South Korea. Seoul, KRIHS.
• Abramo, P. and Rodriguez, A. (2018).Tackling informality: comparing approaches and strategies in South Korean and Latin American cities. Seoul, KRIHS.